Definitions for oralisms

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oralisms o·ral·ism

Spelling: [awr-uh-liz-uh m, ohr-]

IPA: /ˈɔr əˌlɪz əm, ˈoʊr-/

Oralisms is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 344 anagrams from letters in oralisms (ailmorss).

Definitions for oralisms

noun

1. the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.

Origin of oralisms

First recorded in 1880-85; oral + -ism

Examples for oralisms

Advocates of oralism said that with enough effort and time, I could learn how to speak and hear.

In the early 80s, oralism (an educational technique with heavy emphasis on lip-reading and speech) was quite popular.